Dismountable building.



PATENTED JAN. 2, 1906.

J. ARADI. DISMOUNTABLE BUILDING.

APPLICATION FILED D130. 27. 1904.

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DISMOUNTABLE BUILDING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1906.

Application filed December 27, 1904. Serial No. 238,478.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHANN ARADI, a subj ect of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, re

siding at Prakfalu, in the Empire of Austria- I-Iungary, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Dismountable Buildings, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that description ofdismountable buildings in which the walls are constructed of Woodenframes covered with artificial stone.

The present improvements have for their object the construction of lightand strong wall units, that can therefore readily be transported, forforming dry and fireproof dismountable buildings that can withstandvibrations, While the wall units are capable of being combined to formwalls of any desired thickness, and the ceiling and the roof coveringcan likewise be built up in a simple manner with aid of artificial stoneto be quite impervious.

According to this invention the skeleton of the wall unit is formed of adouble Wooden frame held apart by interchangeable transverse bars. Theouter surface of the outer wall unit is covered with a layer ofperforated sheet metal carrying a coating of artificial stone, while theinward-directed surface of the inner wall-surface is either similarlyconstructed or can receive a facing of artificial stone spread upon ajute fabric or similar material. In consequence of the changeablearrangement of the transverse bars the thickness of the wall can bevaried at will. The connection of the wall units with each other iseffected either in the known manner by means of slotted tubes which areslid. over the projecting flanges of angle-irons fixed to the edges ofthe wall units or the wall units are connected by means of screws. Theconnection of the roof-framing is effected by shoes that can engage witheach other, and thus constitute a reliable connection that can readilybe disconnected. The ceiling can be made of perforated sheet-metalplates, wire-nettings, or of frames tightly covered with jute or similarmaterial or of perforated sheet-metal plates or wire-nettings fastenedto the frames, carrying a coating of artificial stone.

The accompanying drawings show a dismountable building constructedaccording to the present invention.

Figure 1. shows a section on line A B of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection, and Figs. 3,

4, 5, and 6, 7, 8 show, respectively, separate views of the parts of theshoes employed for connecting the roof-frame in a plan, side elevation,and end elevation. Fig. 9 shows a section of a partly-modifiedconstructional form of such a building, while Fig. 10 represents a topview of the same, partly fully covered, partly without the coveringmaterial, partly with the rafters taken off, and partly without thetimber-work of the roof. Fig. 11 is a cross-section appertaining to Fig.9. Figs. 12 and 13 show in section and in top view, respectively, twobeams with an interposed plate or slab for the forming of the ceiling,while Fig. 1 1 is a perspective view of the end of a beam with the shoeconnected to it.

The wall units forming the building consist of a frame 1, with a seriesof cross-laths or cross-bars 2. These frames are provided on one sidewith a perforated sheet-metal covering 3, on which is laid a layer 4 ofartificial stone. Instead of a perforated sheetmetal plate can beemployed a wire-netting, and the inner Wall units may be covered by asuitable wall-paper or by wall-coverings of jute fabric and similarmaterial onto which a layer of artificial stone is applied. For theconstruction of the wall two wall units are arranged parallel to oneanother, and these units are connected by cross-bars 5.

The thickness of the wall is determined by the length of the cross-barsand can be modified by changing the latter. The space between the innerand outer wall can remain empty or can be filled with some bad conductorof heatsuch as moss, sawdust, sand, and the like. The connection of thewall units with each other is efiected by means of lengthwise-slottedtubes 7 being slid in the known manner over the projecting flanges ofangle-irons fixed to the edges of the wall units. Instead of theseconnecting means or in addition with the same can be employed screws 8,with nuts, Figs. 1, 2, 9, 10, 11, pass ing through the frames 1 and theinterposed cross-bars 5. As corner-pieces are employed prismat1c boXes9, provided at those of their side faces which remain free after theconnec tion with perforated sheet-metal plates 10, wire-nettings, or thelike, to which a layer of artificial stone is applied. The wall unitsthus connected forming the side walls stand upon the bottomfoundation-frame 12, formed of two parallel beams, Figs. 1 and 2, or ofone single beam of sufficient breadth, Figs. 9 to 11. On the top thewalls can be provided with a covering-frame 13, supporting the timberwork of the roof. The coveringframe can be formed of two beams, Figs. 1and 2, or of one single beam, Figs. 9 to 11. The truss-frame or theroof-timbers are constructedv in such a way that they are enabled to bereadily mounted and dismounted and to be connected whenever requiredfast and safe to the building. The woodwork of the roof is formed of thebeams 14 and the rafters 15, Figs. 1, 9 to 11, the latter beingconnected by cross-bars 16, serving as a bottom for the roof-covering.The connection of the beams with the rafters in the constructionalexample represented by Fig. 1 and Figs. 9 to 11 is effected by means ofiron shoes 17, Figs. 1, 9. These are composed of three parts, Figs. 3,8viz., of an angular piece 18, Figs. 6 to S, which is fixed to the beam14, and of the other two angle-pieces 19, which are half as Wide as 18,each ofthese being fixed to one of two rafters placed close together andconsequently forming a kind of lengthwise split compound roofrafter 15,Figs. and 11. The angle-piece 18 is provided with two projections 20,Fig. 14, which are engaged by the bent-over ends 21 of the angle-pieces19, so that an unintentional disconnection of the joint is impossible aslong as the two adjacent parts of the rafter are connected together bymeans of screws 22, Figs. 9 and 10.

Instead of a simple beam 14 can be employed supports Of a specialconstruction, Figs. 9 to14. These are composed of two wooden parts orboards 23 24, between which is fixed a flat steel rail 25. These woodenparts are connected by means 01 screws 26,

. and are provided at their bottom side with a strong lath 27, which isbroader than the compound beam. The compound beam thus constructedunites the lightness of wood with the solidity or strength of steel. The

construction of the ceiling can be eflected by fastening boards 28 ontothe bottom side of the beams 14, Fig. 1.

In the same manner can be constructed the dust-board 29that is to say, aboard preventing the intrusion of dust.

In special cases the ceiling and the dustboard can be coated with alayer of artificial stone. For the same purpose may be employed aframework (or a skeleton of laths) 30, covered on one side withperforated sheet metal 31, wire-netting, jute fabric, and the likeserving as a bottom for a coating of artificial stone 32, and on theother side with simple boards 33. These ceiling units, Figs. 12 and 1.3,are then placed on the projecting parts of the laths 27, Figs. 9 to 13.

I claim 1. A knockdown building comprising in its construction afloor-frame and a ceilingframe, building units arranged in pairs, onebehind the other between said floor and ceilin g frames and connected bytransverse cross bars at desired distances apart, each of said unitsconsisting of a wooden frame having a foraniinous metal sheet securedthereto and provided with-a coating of artificial stone,

and means for connecting said units together in the erilgewise relation.

2. A knockdown building comprising in its construction a series of beamseach one of which has secured to one end an angle-iron provided at oneend with projections, and rafters resting at one end on said beams, saidrafters being arranged in pairs secured together transversely by screwsand provided with angle-irons engaging the projections on theangle-irons on one or the other of said beams.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

J OHANN ARADI.

WVitnesses:

LOUIS VANDORN, CHARLES -E. BALOZO.

